PLANTS Profile for Spermacoce glabra (smooth false buttonweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Spermacoce glabra Michx.
smooth false buttonweed

Symbol:

SPGL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Spermacoce glabra Michx.

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Distribution:
Spermacoce glabra Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Spermacoce glabra Michx.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 19 species in Spermacoce

Classification:
Spermacoce glabra Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Spermacoce L. – false buttonweed
Species	Spermacoce glabra Michx. – smooth false buttonweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Spermacoce glabra Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
buttonweed		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Spermacoce glabra Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,FACW+

FACW

FACW+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Spermacoce glabra Michx.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35241.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 08:53 AM CDT